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In 1575, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, created a luxurious “privy garden” for the sole use of Queen Elizabeth I during her visit to him in July of that year. Dudley spared no expense in devising a series of entertainments all calculated to persuade the queen to marry him, but the focus of his efforts was the garden, with its bejewelled aviary, scented flowers and fountain carved with scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses – scenes that, according to a contemporary account, “might inflame any mind to long after looking.”All to no avail: Elizabeth declined to marry the man she addressed affectionately in her letters as “My Eyes” and “My bonny Robin”.

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How may a subject court his queen
How may he make her see
That she must be his lady

I’ve made you a garden
I am your Eyes
Your bonny Robin

Here are sweetly shadowed paths of grass and sand
Where you may walk and take your ease
Here are herbs and gillyflowers
Whose scent perfumes and purifies the air you breathe

Here is a fountain made from white Carrara marble
Carved with strange and stirring scenes
Here is a birdhouse set with gemstones
Where canaries sing and golden feathers gleam

All for you
All for you

I’ve made you a garden
I am your Eyes
Your bonny Robin

How may a subject court his queen
How may he make her see
That she must be his lady

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from The Plum Tree and The Rose, released March 5, 2012
Sarah McQuaid
Vocals & Guitar – Sarah
Violin – Máire Breatnach
Percussion – Noel Eccles, Liam Bradley
Double Bass – Trevor Hutchinson

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Sarah McQuaid Penzance, UK

“One of the most instantly recognisable voices in current music … Shades of Joni Mitchell in a jam with Karen Carpenter and Lana Del Rey.” —Neil March, Trust The Doc

“Captivating, unorthodox songwriting … layered satin vocals ... enthralling, harrowing arrangements … a gateway into a true innovator’s soul.” —PopMatters

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